'''Ossiriand''' was a region of eastern [[Beleriand]] bounded by the River [[Gelion]] on the west, the River [[Ascar]] on the north, the [[Ered Luin]] on the east, and the River [[Adurant]] on the south.<ref>{{S|Map}}</ref> It was a wooded region with many elm trees.<ref>{{TT|III4}}</ref>

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'''Ossiriand''' was a region of eastern [[Beleriand]].

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==History==

==History==

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Ossiriand was a green and forested land, and it was populated by the [[Nandor]]. In the early First Age before the rise of [[the Moon]], a part of the [[Teleri]]n [[Elves|Elven]] people called [[Nandor]] entered Ossiriand under their leader [[Denethor of the Nandor|Denethor]], and were given permission by Thingol to settle the lands.

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In the [[Elder Days]], a green, forested and little peopled region in easternmost [[Beleriand]]<ref group=note>While Tolkien stated that Ossiriand was a part of Beleriand, he wrote in a manuscript that it "''was regarded as a separate country''". ({{PE|18}}, p. 79)</ref> at the western feet of the Blue Mountains was named ''Ossiriand'' ("Land of Seven Rivers") by the [[Sindar]].<ref name=WJC>{{WJ|C}}, p. 385</ref><ref>{{WJ|Beleriand}}, p. 195</ref><ref name=GA1350>{{GA|1350}}, p. 13</ref>

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After them the land was often renamed [[Lindon]], for ''The Singers'', after the old clan-name of the Telerin which the Nandor still used in their tongue. They became known as the [[Laiquendi]], or Green-Elves.

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In the early [[First Age]] before the rise of the [[Moon]],<ref>{{MR|P3I3}}, p. 164 (§29)</ref> a part of the [[Teleri]]n [[Elves|Elven]] people called [[Nandor]] entered Ossiriand under their leader [[Denethor (Nando)|Denethor]], and were given permission by [[Thingol]] to settle the lands.<ref name=GA1350/><ref>{{MR|P2j}}, p. 93 (§86)</ref> These Nandor became known as the [[Green-elves]].

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After their leader Denethor was killed in an [[Orcs|Orc]]-raid they chose no more leaders, and many of them removed to [[Doriath]].

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After their leader Denethor was killed in an [[Orcs|Orc]]-raid, the Green-elves chose no more leaders, and many of them removed to [[Doriath]].<ref>{{LR|Quenta}}, p. 263 (§114)</ref><ref>{{S|10}}</ref>

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Ossiriand was the only part of Beleriand that survived the [[War of Wrath]], but [[Belegaer]] the Great Sea broke through the mountain chain at the former riverbed of Ascar, creating the [[Gulf of Lhûn]]. In the [[Second Age]] and [[Third Age]] the former lands of Ossiriand and Thargelion were known as '''Lindon''', where Rodnor [[Gil-galad]] and [[Círdan]] ruled.

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In the following centuries of the [[First Age]], Ossiriand suffered little from the [[Battles of Beleriand]]. After the return of [[Beren]] and [[Luthien]] from the dead, they stayed in [[Dor Firn-i-Guinar]] on [[Tol Galen]]. After the death of [[Thingol]], [[Dwarves of Nogrod]] tried to return home with the treasure of [[Menegroth]]; but they were waylaid by Beren, leading an army of [[Laiquendi]] and [[Ents]]. The Dwarves were all slain, and the treasure was cast into the River [[Ascar]].

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==Geography==

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Ossiriand was the only part of Beleriand that survived the [[War of Wrath]], although it was split in half by the [[Gulf of Lune]]. For its later history see [[Lindon]].

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Ossiriand, or ''Land of Seven Rivers'', was the most eastern region of Beleriand during the [[First Age]], lying between the [[Ered Luin]] and the river Gelion.

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North of Ossiriand lay the land of [[Thargelion]], and south of the river Adurant later lay the ''Land of the Dead that Live'', where [[Lúthien Tinúviel|Lúthien]] and [[Beren]] lived their second lives.

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==Geography==

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The Land of Seven Rivers lay between the River [[Gelion]] and the [[Blue Mountains]]. It was so named because Gelion and its tributaries watered the lands.<ref>{{WJ|Beleriand}}, p. 195</ref><ref name=GA1350>{{GA|1350}}, p. 13</ref> The Seven Rivers were, from north to south:<ref name=GA1350/>

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The Seven Rivers were, from north to south:

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#River ''[[Gelion]]''

#River ''[[Gelion]]''

#River ''[[Ascar]]'' or ''Rathlóriel''

#River ''[[Ascar]]'' or ''Rathlóriel''

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#River ''[[Adurant]]'', with [[Tol Galen]]

#River ''[[Adurant]]'', with [[Tol Galen]]

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Along the northern shore of the Ascar ran the Dwarf-Road to [[Nogrod]].

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North of Ossiriand lay the land of [[Thargelion]], and south of the river Adurant later lay [[Dor Firn-i-Guinar]]. Along the northern shore of the Ascar ran the Dwarf-Road to [[Nogrod]].

Early names used by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] for this region were ''Ossiriande''<ref name="Lay">{{LB|C1}}</ref>, ''Assariad''<ref>{{SM|Q14}}</ref> and ''Ossiriath''<ref>{{SM|4f}}</ref>.

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'''Ossiriand''' is one of the rejected names for all of [[Beleriand]] which J.R.R. Tolkien jotted down "on a page of rough working for the opening of the [[The Lay of Leithian|Lay]]" (of Leithian) when he was probably searching for a replacement of Broseliand, used so far. All in all there were eight of these names: [[Golodhinand]], [[Noldórinan]], [[Geleriand]], [[Bladorinand]], [[Belaurien]], [[Arsiriand]], [[Lassiriand]], and '''Ossiriand'''.<ref name="Lay"/>

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*{{HM|S}}, "[[Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor]]"

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*{{HM|S}}, "[[Of Beleriand and Its Realms]]"

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Ossiriand was a region of eastern Beleriand bounded by the River Gelion on the west, the River Ascar on the north, the Ered Luin on the east, and the River Adurant on the south.[1] It was a wooded region with many elm trees.[2]

Ossiriand was the only part of Beleriand that survived the War of Wrath, although it was split in half by the Gulf of Lune. For its later history see Lindon.

Geography

The Land of Seven Rivers lay between the River Gelion and the Blue Mountains. It was so named because Gelion and its tributaries watered the lands.[10][5] The Seven Rivers were, from north to south:[5]